Toni Momberger

City Editor

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Journalism

We’re still accepting applications from readers who would like to become members of The Facts’ Advisory Board. We specifically are hoping to get a diversity in applicant age, race and geography in order represent all of Redlands.If you are a keen observer of local government and civic affairs who has opinions about how to make Redlands a better place to live and work, you might be one of the readers we want.The Advisory Board will get together regularly to hash...

Dining

REDLANDS >> Jimmy John’s, a sandwich shop chain that delivers, will open in San Bernardino July 21 at 10:30 a.m. by Costco at Tippecanoe Avenue and Harriman Place, a representative announced by phone Monday.All of the produce will be purchased from Washington Produce in Redlands, which will be getting a store to call its own in the near future, said Angie Eichmeier, director of marketing for MieBeach Holdings LLD, who owns the franchise.Eichmeier said customers can...

Journalism

We’re looking for readers to become members of The Facts’ Advisory Board.If you are a keen observer of local government and civic affairs who has opinions about how to make Redlands a better place to live and work, you might be one of the readers we want.The Advisory Board will get together regularly to hash out the newspaper’s official positions on issues in the news.In election season, the Advisory Board will interview candidates for political...

Newspapers

The Daily Facts building at 700 Brookside Ave. has a center courtyard with a tile-faced fountain. Many of the tiles are hand-painted with either Daily Facts specific images or iconic views of Redlands.There are 36 tiles with images, painted by Marjorie Cummins in her studio at 314 Avenue E in Yucaipa.The scenes include the Lincoln Shrine, the University of Redlands Memorial Chapel, the Redlands Bowl, the Asistencia Bell Tower, citrus groves with the Redlands mountainscape and...

Newspapers

In June of 1956, with much fanfare, the Moore brothers — Bill and Frank — moved the Redlands Daily Facts operation into a custom built facility on the corner of Brookside Avenue and Center Street.On Friday at 5 p.m., the current Daily Facts staff said goodbye to the building with a lobby full of community members who showed up for closing time, and on Saturday at 6 a.m. movers relocated the business downtown.The Moores had conceived the new plant two years before...

Newspapers

The Redlands Daily Facts is moving to its fifth location since the paper’s founding Oct. 23, 1890.The first, based on captions of a photo showing the Facts’ staff in front of the building, was on North Orange Street.Then, with Capt. William G. Moore as editor, it moved to 15 E. State St., just west of Harris Co., which is now Galleria Antiques. When the Facts moved, Her Majesty, a women’s clothing shop, moved into its vacated spot.Moore died and his...

Newspapers

More than 150 people worked on the Daily Facts building at 700 Brookside Ave. during its construction in 1955.All were named in the paper’s special edition July 6, 1956, and were from the L. P. Scherer contracting firm. After most of the names it says “of Redlands.”Louis P. Scherer was the low bidder on the project at $138,350. It ended up costing in excess of $140,000.“The building was the major phase of the expansion program with more than...

Disaster planning and response

I learned many things in Community Emergency Response Team training, primary among them that I am not cut out to be activated as a hero.CERT training is open to anyone. It takes more than 20 hours over one weekend.Attendees learn, in a nutshell, personal emergency survival and how to help others afterward.With further training, people may join the city’s team and could be deployed as an agent of the government to assist by evacuating an environment, performing...

Dining

In one of last week’s “You know you’re from Redlands if...” items, I wrote, “...you’ve always wondered what MJ’s On Q stood for.”The owner’s son saw it, and wrote to me to stop the wondering.“My family opened it as a Naugles in May 1971. It was the second Naugles built,” said Mike Syrett by email.Syrett is still in Redlands and works at Century 21 Lois Lauer Realty.“After a couple...

Dance

Every day I work. And then I dance.I am not a dancer.Many months ago I was asked by the Redlands Symphony to compete in the local version of “Dancing With the Stars.” It’s a voting campaign to raise money for the symphony program.I accepted without hesitation, not just because I was honored, but because of...